Should You Buy Discount Points? 
You'll have lots of decisions to make when you shop for a home loan. One involves purchasing discount points, which are fees you pay to your lender at closing in order to lower the interest rate on your loan. While...
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Fixed Rate Mortgages reach record low again
Average 30-year fixed rate mortgages 5.17 percent with interest rates at 45-year lows
http://housing-bubble.com/news/fixed-rate-mortgages-mba-210503.html
Composite and Refinance Indexes reach record highs
Refinance Index record may be due to homeowners perceiving an interest rate bottom
http://housing-bubble.com/news/refinance-index-190303.html
Mortgage delinquencies fall, foreclosures rise slightly in Q1
Latest MBA survey finds minor decrease in overall delinquency rate while percentage of loans in process of foreclosure rose for all loan types during Q1
http://housing-bubble.com/news/mortgage-delinquencies-200603.html
Student Loan Increase
Yahoo finance reports Time Running Out to Lock in Record-Low Interest Rates on Student Loans: "Interest rates on federally guaranteed student loans will rise by nearly 2 percentage points this Friday, July 1." See also Repaying Federal Student Loans ....
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OFHEO releases Capital Classifications for Fannie and Freddie
Smaller interest rate shocks and recent years house price appreciation largely account for the growth in capital surpluses
http://housing-bubble.com/news/ofheo-capital-class-010703.html
Fed hikes student loan rates
http://www.stcu.org/news/student_loan_rate_hike_2005.html
Bank failed to call in collateral - a Jaguar - on Hirchson loan
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National Industries Group (Holding) SAK of Kuwait USD225,000,000 Term Loan Facility
http://feeds.feedburner.com/newsisfree/newscat78?m=150674
China pursues gradual reform of RMB rate
http://feeds.feedburner.com/newsisfree/newscat85?m=50514
